FREE Fun-Filled Weekend: SF Zine Fest and Rock Make Festival

On Saturday begins the 8th annual San Francisco Zine Fest, a FREE two-day conference for independent and underground publishing. Exhibitors come from all over the West Coast for showcases, workshops, and events. It’ll mostly focus on zines, but a wide range of DIY will be represented as well '” all sorts of comics, arts, crafts, literary presses, etc. It’s not just for the Jew-fro-zit-riddled-comic-dork teens out there. It’s also for the Jew-fro-zit-riddled-comic-dorks that grew up into semi-respectable broke adults (us).

Saturday night, if you’re not too exhausted from leafing through comics, you can choose between SFZF’s Benefit Show/Afterparty at Amnesia or get ready for Sunday by attending Rock Make’s pre-party at the Rite Spot (featuring Dame Satan).

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter

Chloe's youth was split between California and Kauai, frolicking on a macadamia nut farm in the tropics and landing finally in the Bay Area. Raised by super-Jew hippies, and the youngest of three sisters, Chloe learned early the virtues of thrift, economy, and green living. To the chagrin of her parents (who hoped, of course, for a Jewish doctor or lawyer), Chloe has put her degree from UC Berkeley to great use by becoming a folk singer. As "Chloe Makes Music" she plays shows throughout SF and beyond, donning vintage frocks, selling handmade merch, and pinching pennies as she sings for her supper. Calling Berkeley home for the last six years, you can think of Chloe as the website's East Bay Correspondent, opening your eyes to the hippie-filled, tree-hugging, organic-loving, vegan-eating, but way-overlooked and awesome assets of Berkeley, Oakland, and beyond.

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